Leila Hosseinzadeh
Age: 30
Activities/Rights: Workers rights
Status: Out on bail
Judicial status: 5 years imprisonment
Violations: Arbitrary arrest and detention, lack of due process, unfair trial, denial of medical care, prolonged solitary confinement
Leila Hosseinzadeh was a student at the Faculty of Social Sciences and secretary of the Student Union Council of the University of Tehran when she was arrested outside her house on 1 January 2018 for taking part in the December 2017 protests at the university. On 7 March 2018, she was sentenced by Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court to five years imprisonment. Her sentence was upheld by Branch 36 of the Court of Appeals. Though she was pardoned due to an autoimmune disease in March 2020, she was summoned again to face charges of “disturbing prison order” in June 2020. On 22 February 2021, she was sentenced to five years imprisonment on charges of “assembly and collusion to act against national security” by Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court for celebrating the birthday of imprisoned student Mohammad Sharifi-Moghaddam on campus. According to her lawyer, the new administration at the court ignored the previous judge’s instructions regarding her inability to serve her sentence. Her sentence was upheld on 6 December 2021 but before being sent for implementation, she was violently arrested the next day and released on bail on 2 January 2022. Leila was violently re-arrested at her home on 20 August 2022 and taken to Evin Prison. From there, she was transferred to Shiraz.
Update:
Behind bars, Leila was denied access to adequate medical care and treatment for her Crohn’s disease which was exacerbated by prison conditions. She was violently transferred to Evin Prison from Shiraz Central Prison on 5 January 2023 and ultimately released on bail four days later.